Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Lesotho
Lesotho: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 42.15 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Lesotho, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Lesotho is 42.15 %LSU, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Lesotho peaked at 52.2 %LSU in 1966 and was at its lowest, 25.33 %LSU, in 1998.
Lesotho ranks 15th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.32 %LSU | 40.89 %LSU | 52.2 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 38.61 %LSU | 29.46 %LSU | 44.3 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.76 %LSU | 31.19 %LSU | 39.79 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.37 %LSU | 25.33 %LSU | 36.77 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.16 %LSU | 26.96 %LSU | 34.64 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.69 %LSU | 32.83 %LSU | 49.08 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.35 %LSU | 35.68 %LSU | 45.25 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More environment data for Lesotho
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.45 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.64 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 73.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,237 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.21 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 577 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.25 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Lesotho?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Lesotho was 42.15 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 52.2 %LSU in 1966.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.33 %LSU in 1998.
- How does Lesotho rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Lesotho ranks 15th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.